Artist: Mick Jagger
Video: From YouTube.
The lofty position of "Just Another Night" on the MTV countdown is quite baffling to me. Was this seriously one of the top 12 songs or videos of 1985? Not from my perspective.
It's not a terrible song, it's just that it hardly made an impression on me. While I had a vague awareness of its existence, I don't remember ever hearing it on the radio, or seeing this video. It had moderate chart success, peaking at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100. But I'd think that at the height of its success, the twelfth greatest song of the year might rank higher than, well, twelve.
As for the song itself, it's a catchy tune. Lyrically, "Just Another Night" is strikingly similar to Phil Collins' recently-blogged-about "One More Night". Both songs request another night in the company of an ex-lover. But Jagger's plea has a desperate and unhinged quality, leaving one to wonder what will become of him if the sought after evening does not materialize.
Several elements of the video are intriguing. It co-stars a delighted Rae Dawn Chong, daughter of Cheech & Chong's Tommy. We also see Mick participate in a bizarre succession of antics: sweating and in great distress in the jungle, displaying impressive acrobatics with his tongue, just generally doing Mick Jagger things.
But there is something else, something about this video that seems familiar. I know, it's the riverboat casino scenes! We've seen this before! Yes, we are once again treated to the maniacally entertaining poker chips spilling incident. Since this song came first, was "Lucky In Love" a sequel video expanding on these elements? Why has no one studied this?
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